Eden Harris Archives - The Washington Informer

Dr. Bryan Sackey poses in an alley next to a Ben’s Chill Bowl location in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17, 2024. (Eden Harris/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Pharmacist Pilots Mental Health Virtual Platform to Address Disparities

by Eden Harris October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Dr. Bryan Sackey has launched a virtual mental health-coaching platform called “Your Mind Our Business” to address health inequities in Black and brown communities in Washington D.C., providing culturally competent services and using his lived experience to connect with his clients.

An audience member asks a question at the African Voices U.S. Elections 2024 town hall at the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5. (Eden Harris/The Washington Informer)

Voice of America Africa Hosts Inaugural Town Hall for African Diaspora

by Eden Harris October 9, 2024October 10, 2024

Ghana's Ambassador to the U.S. Hajia Alima Mahama speaks at the launch of Ghana D.C. Week at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art on Oct. 7. (Eden Harris/The Washington Informer)

Ghana Week D.C. Launches to Promote Economic, Cultural Ties

by Eden Harris October 9, 2024October 9, 2024

New Mother Says ‘Middle Class Feels Like Lower Class’ As She Saves for Home

by Eden Harris October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo addresses the Africa-America Institute Gala on Sept. 24. (Eden Harris/The Washington Informer)

Africa-America Institute Gala Celebrates Ties Among African Diaspora

by Eden Harris October 2, 2024October 2, 2024

Howard University pharmacy students provide screening services to D.C. residents at Mcpherson Square in September 2023. (Courtesy photo)

How Race and Income Drive Unequal Access to Care in Wards 7 and 8

by Eden Harris September 30, 2024October 2, 2024

Herbert Robinson, a survivor of solitary confinement and advocate with Unlock the Box, stands in front of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19.

Advocates, Residents Rally to End ‘Torture’ in D.C. Jails

by Eden Harris September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

Furard Tate, executive director of entrepreneurship at the Greater Washington Urban League, awards Joseph McPherson, Reese Dixon, Leah Todd and Michelle Phipps with chef's tunics at the By Our Hands award ceremony on Sept. 21. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Culinary Talent Receives $10,000 for Business: ‘They Helped Me Keep the Faith’

by Eden Harris September 23, 2024September 24, 2024

**FILE** An air quality test is conducted inside a kitchen in Northeast D.C. in 2022, while the gas stove was turned on to determine gas leaks that affect asthma and other respiratory ailments in housing. The Chesapeake Climate Action Network condemned Washington Gas in a statement on Aug. 27, for failing to fix cancer-causing gas leaks that have affected people and their animals. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Climate Advocacy Group Slams Washington Gas Over Safety Concerns, Sick Animals

by Eden Harris August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Rahiel Tesfamariam, author of "Imagine Freedom: Transforming Pain into Political and Spiritual Power, at Busboys and Poets on 14th Street in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2024

Author Presses Need for ‘Stronger’ Political Ties Among Africans, Black Americans

by Eden Harris July 15, 2024July 16, 2024